J.H. Hobart Ward

John Henry Hobart Ward (17 June 1823-24 July 1903) was a Union Army Brigadier-General during the Mexican-American War and the American Civil War.

Biography
John Henry Hobart Ward was born in New York City, New York in 1823, and he enlisted in the US Army in 1842 and saw considerable combat during the Mexican-American War, being wounded at the Battle of Monterrey and fighting at the Siege of Veracruz. From 1851 to 1855, he served as assistant commissary general in New York, and he served as commissary general from 1855 to 1859. When the American Civil War broke out, he raised a New York regiment and led it at the First Battle of Bull Run in July 1861. He later took command of Orlando B. Wilcox's brigade when Wilcox was wounded in battle, leading it during the Peninsula Campaign, at the Second Battle of Bull Run, and at the Battle of Chantilly. On 4 October 1862, he was promoted to Brigadier-General, leading a brigade at the Battle of Fredericksburg and the Battle of Chancellorsville. During the Battle of Gettysburg in July 1863, he defended the Wheatfield, and his brigade suffered 35.7% losses. After fighting at the Battle of the Wilderness and being wounded at the Battle of Spotsylvania Court House in 1864, he was relieved of command, as he had been caught intoxicated during battle. He was honorably mustered out on 18 July 1864, and he worked as a clerk for the New York Superior Court from 1871 to 1896. He was struck by a train in Monroe, New York in 1903.